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I made my final choice in 2000 when I paid $630 for this used 1885. Made in 1996 according to the serial #. It has been a great rifle and is very accurate.
Probably over paid, at least from what some have paid on here, but after 21 years I don’t care.

Beautiful. Love that wood.

You done good.

DF

Thanks for kind words DF. It is a great little rifle.

Ruger 77/22

I love mine. Too bad that Browning discontinued them. I originally bought it to have made into a .17 or .20AH but did what they tell you not to do and shot it. I have since added a suppressor for even more fun. Someday I may turn it into a K hornet. Dave

i did turn my Browning Micro into a 22 K-Hornet ,shoots great !

I am also a big fan of the .22 Hornet. Did the K-Hornet thing and came back home to the original configuration. I have owned many hornets and finally formed the opinion that if you want good accuracy and good case life stick with rifles built on centerfire actions. The Brno ZKW465 is a particular favorite of mine (I still own three). I have owned and sold Walters, Anschutz and Kimbers on converted rimfire actions. Your Model 70 Supergrade is likely the holly grail of Hornets. I get great accuracy will all of mine current rifles:
Brno ZKWs
CZ 527
Winchester Model 70 (standard grade)
Ruger #1A
Ruger #3 custom
Sedgley 1903 Springfield
Thompson Center TCR 83
BSA Majestic

A Highwall or even a low wall is on my wish list. Had good success with the martini actioned rifles also but let mine go for some reason........
If you want to hotrod the Hornet, go get a .222 or even a .221 Fireball. I load a case full of AA1680 and 35 grain Vmax bullets. Case life is almost unlimited and accuracy is superb. In the field you will not notice that you are not pushing those little pills to the highest possible velocities.............If I were in your shoes, I would look for a Brno ZKW 465. They are fairly easy to find and a "shooter grade" rifle can be had for about 1K. A good price for a pristine example would be about $1400 or so................ good hunting. I will trade you a ZKW for that Model 70 SG..............................

That one’s a bit nicer than mine, but not foo much. I had the pick of three of the four my dealer had. One of the counter guys got the pick of the litter. Musta been a smoker!

I just bought an 1885 in 22h, it’s a shot show special and has great wood, very similar to the one above. Seems accurate but I have some fired case extraction issues with it.

I would bet my left nut that my CZ will outshoot any Ruger 77 no matter how many shims are added.

***Hint.***

these 22 Hornet rifles all sound very neat ,i don`t have a picture of this combo but i was given this by a dear friend who was a great machinist ,ammo factory manager/ engineer , O/U Weatherby 22 K-Hornet /12 gauge that he " Jonny Bell " rebuilt , made and machined the custom parts he needed , this O/U does shoot well too.

would love to see a pic

Indeed.

It is quite common in Europe to have rifle inserts for shotgun barrels. They are called "Einstecklaufe" in German and Krieghauf is a maker and there are a number of others.

I'm a Cooper nut when it comes to small calibers.



Cooper M38 Classic



Cooper Test Target




100 yds. @ PSC Range.



Top: Cooper M38, 22 Hornet

Middle: Cooper M38 Montana Varminter, 19 Calhoon (19-22 hornet)

Bottom: Cooper M38 Classic, 17 Ackley Hornet!


ya!

GWB

Wow, geedubya, that Cooper is one accurate rifle!

I have owned a couple dozen Coopers in the Single Shot iterations, M38, M21, M22.



without exception they all were capable of greater accuracy than the nut squeezing the trigger could accomplish.
A few more examples

Cooper Varminter, 20 Vartarg (20-221 Fireball)



3 shots @ 100 yds.



5 shots @ 100 yds.




10 shots @ 100 yds.

Cooper Varmint Extreme Lefty, 223 Remington



Primer Test,



IIRC these groups were fired with +/- 5 minute intervals between groups from a barrel that had been cleaned to bare metal with JB bore paste/Kroil, then fouled (+/- 10 shots). No cleaning between groups.




Fouling shots =, 1-10



Cooper M21 Classic, Tac-20 (20-222 RemMag)



100 yds.

Cooper M22 Phoenix, 22-250 Rem



100 yds.


Cooper M22 Classic, 6mm BR Remington



Load Development.

Anywho, perhaps you catch my drift!



ya!

GWB

I like Coopers, too

Their factory targets are not shot at 100 yds, although those guns are accurate at a hundred.

DF

Have played with both.

IMO, the K-Hornet is mo better than the std version.

DF

Not in the same class as a Cooper, but the CZ seems to want to shoot-this is the only load I've tried so far.